Baidu and Nokia collaboration

Few days after Sony Ericsson announced a collaboration with Google, Nokia and Baidu.com, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider (partly owned by Google), and Nokia today announced that they are collaborating to make mobile search easier and more convenient in Chinese-speaking markets.

As a result of this collaboration between Baidu and Nokia, users of the Nokia Mobile Search Application on the high-end Nokia N70, Nokia N90 and other select Symbian OS S60 Nokia devices, will be able to access Baidu wireless search services via a search icon on the screen.

Four of Baidu’s most popular services, including Web Search, News Search, Image Search and Baidu Post Bar, a popular Baidu online community invented by Baidu, are provided in the application.

Finally, a free download of this pilot application will be available from today for select Nokia devices in mainland China from www.nokia.com/mobilesearch.